STATISTICSMatches Innings N.O. Runs

18,426463 452H.S.

200*100s

4950s

966s

195Catches

1404s

2016Average

44.83Strike Rate

86.2341Innings Balls Runs Wickets

154270 8054Best bowling

5/32Strike Rate

52.24w

45w

2Average

44.48Economy Rate

5.106850

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SACHIN TENDULKAR – THE MAESTRO OF ODI CRICKETThe 39-year-old legend, who announced his retirement from One-Day Internationals on Sunday, made his debut against Pakistan in Gujranwala on December 18, 1989. Incidentally, Tendulkar played his last match against the same team in Mirpur (March 18, 2012).

Tendulkar scored his maiden hundred in his 79th match

He holds the world record for most number of matches (463), most runs (18,426), most centuries (49), and most fifties (96)

Tendulkar has bagged the most number of ‘man of the match’ (62) and ‘man of the series’ (15) awards

He has had the longest career-span: 22 years and 91 days

Between April 1990 and April ’98, Tendulkar played 185 consecu-tive matches – a world record

He has played on 96 different grounds, the most by any player

The right-hander was the first player to reach 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, and 13,000 runs. He is the only player to have scored more than 14,000 runs

Tendulkar scored the bulk of his runs (15,310) opening the innings, including 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings – the most by an opener

He was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200 n.o. against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb. 24, 2010)

Tendulkar was the first player to complete the all-round treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets, and 100 catches

He holds the record for scoring 1,000 runs in a calendar year the maximum number of times (seven)

Tendulkar played ODIs with and against a total of 866 players – the most for any cricketer

He is only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in six World Cups – from 1992 to 2011

Tendulkar has scored the most number of runs in World Cup history (2,278), including six tons and 15 fifties

He has contributed 11.27 per cent and 24.50 per cent of the runs and hundreds respectively scored by all Indian batsmen

NUMBERS TO REMEMBER

STATS: RAJNEESH GUPTA; GRAPHIC: B. SRINIVASAN